Infant-feeding consumerism in the age of intensive mothering and risk society

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 387-405

  Afflerback, Sara ^a   Carter, Shannon K ^a,b   Anthony, Amanda Koontz ^b   Grauerholz, Liz ^b  

^a Organizational Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

breastfeeding; consumerism; consumption; infant feeding; intensive mothering; risk society; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887127697     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469540513485271     Document Type: Article

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